Jacinto Islands
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| Feature Type: | Islands - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. Plural of Island. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S end Estevan Group, Caamaño Sound, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°56'31"N, 129°36'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Jacinto Islands adopted 2 February 1926 on C.3723; confirmed 4 September 1952 on 103A. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Lieutenant Commodore Jacinto Caamaño, Spanish Naval officer commanding an expedition in these waters, 1792. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |